Get to Know: Sebastian Pinera - The Chile Miners Presidente

Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique, Ph.D. (Spanish pronunciation: [miˈɣel ˈxwan seβasˈtjan piˈɲeɾa etʃeˈnike]; born December 1, 1949) is the current President of Chile having won the second round of the presidential election that took place on January 17, 2010, and subsequently taking office on March 11, 2010. He is a businessman, politician, former Senator, and leader of the presidential and parliamentary electoral coalition Coalition for Change. Piñera ranks among Chile's richest persons.

Piñera was born in Santiago to Magdalena Echenique Rozas and José Piñera Carvallo, who worked for CORFO and was Chilean ambassador to Belgium and to the United Nations. His maternal lineage is of Basque[1] descent and his paternal lineage is of Asturian[2] descent. He is the third child of six, with three brothers and two sisters: Guadalupe, José (a former Minister of Labor under Augusto Pinochet), Pablo, Miguel (a well-known Chilean performer), and Magdalena. He is married to Cecilia Morel Montes and has four children: Magdalena, Cecilia, Sebastián and Cristóbal.